26 July 2019

On Our Shortcomings

But tell me, when you first married her, did you not know that you were being joined
to a human being? And does anybody fail to see that sin is part of being human? For
perfection belongs to God alone. … Are you free from all fault? Do you not cause your
wife pain by your conduct? … How many shortcomings of yours are kept secret,
because your wife has not published them!


                                                                             St Asterius of Amasea, 4th-Century Bishop

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